The Bible Doesn’t Teach We Should Never Judge
It is obvious that we all have moral standards which we expect others to follow. However, people often excuse their own sins while condemning similar things in other people. What we expect of others, we should insist on of ourselves. This is what Jesus warned about in His (commonly abusedRead More
The Wrath of the Lamb (Short Version)
Man is under condemnation for his rebellion and sin against God. The Son has come and given Himself for us as an acceptable offering for sin on the cross. That is our only hope of obtaining mercy and redemption. Titus 2:11-14: “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hathRead More
The “We’re All Sinners, We All Sin” Delusion (Short Version)
The Lord rebuked certain false prophets and summed up the lies they were telling in Ezekiel 13:22: “Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wickedRead More
Carnal Christians Go to Hell (Short Version)
A frequent refuge for those who attempt to represent God’s grace in Christ as a license to sin is the concept of the carnal Christian. Though we see in 1 Corinthians chapter 3 that Paul called the Corinthian Christians carnal, this was said as a rebuke which was intended toRead More
Eternal Life Can be Lost: A Basic Bible Concept
Those who teach unconditional security (or, once saved, always saved) doctrine think they’re clever when they try to defend their doctrine with the question “How can you lose eternal life?” They throw out this question in a rhetorical sense to try to sound slick and to try to make thoseRead More
The “I’m Already Guaranteed to be Saved in the End” Delusion
2 Peter 1:4 speaks of those with authentic faith in Christ as “having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” This can truly be said of anyone who is justified through Christ and thus in God’s grace at the present moment. Sometimes that is what those whoRead More
Proof that the Wretched Man in Romans 7 Isn’t Paul as he Wrote Romans
Most Bible colleges and churches teach that the wretch man defeated by sin in Romans chapter 7 is a description of the Apostle Paul’s Christian experience as he wrote the Book of Romans. Here is proof that those who teach this are wrong. The man of Romans chapter 7 isRead More
The Evil Way of Pontius Pilate (Short Version)
It’s interesting that some who try to teach the Bible actually try to say that Pontius Pilate wasn’t really a bad guy. Yet in Acts 4:27 Christ’s Apostles did indeed implicate Pilate as being a guilty party in the murder of Jesus. What did Pilate do that was so wrong? Read More
Disregard the Old Testament to Your Own Doom – Short Version
Early on in the New Testament Jesus quoted from the Old Testament to the devil in resisting his temptations. Jesus reiterated that man indeed needs to read and understand the Old Testament/Tanakh (referring to the same thing- aka the Hebrew Bible). Matthew 4:3-4 says: “And when the tempter came toRead More
King David ‘s Example Doesn’t Justify Murderers, Adulterers, or Liars
God rebuked King David through the Prophet Nathan for adultery, murder, deceit, etc. in relation to Bathsheba and Uriah the Hittite in 2 Samuel chapter 12. David broke at this rebuke. By receiving Nathan’s rebuke he abhorred his sin and he abhorred himself. God received David back into His graceRead More